Tatyana Okunevskaya was a legendary beauty who became known as one of the last Soviet divas. She was a Soviet and Russian actress, Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1947).
Pretty girl was born on March 3, 1914 in Zavidovo into a noble family.
She graduated from the Moscow Institute of Architecture. By the way, awesome girl was seen by a director on the street and he offered her to become an actress.
From 1933 to 1937 Tatyana was an actress of the Moscow Realistic Theater. In August 1937, her father was arrested and less than two weeks later was executed.
Then, in 1937-1938, Tatyana worked in the Gorky Theater. In parallel, she acted in films. Her debut was the main role in the film The Dust (1934) directed by Mikhail Romm. From 1943 to 1948 she was an actress of the Lenkom Theatre.
In 1946, the Soviet Union decided to show everyone that Russian women were not only nurses and snipers, as Europe thought. Okunevskaya visited 5 countries with concerts. The trip to Yugoslavia was the most successful. You know, the actress was invited to the reception by the leader of the country Broz Tito. He came to a meeting with black roses, on the petals of which there were still droplets of dew. The man honestly admitted that he would not be able to marry an actress, because marriages with foreigners were not welcomed in the country. But he offered to stay in Croatia, promising to build a film studio there. Okunevskaya could have stayed, she would have been hidden. But the actress returned home.
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Valentina Serova was one of the most popular actresses of the Soviet Union of the late 30s and early 40s. When the film A Girl with a Character appeared on the screens the actress became popular. You know, she was the muse of the famous poet Konstantin Simonov, Marilyn Monroe of the Soviet cinema. This woman should be thanked for the touching poem Wait For Me, which gave strength to millions of men during the battles of the Great Patriotic War.
Valentina Polovikova (her maiden name) was born on December 23, 1917 (according to other sources in 1919) in Kharkov. When the girl was 6 years old, the mother took her daughter and moved to Moscow. 10-year-old Valentina debuted in the play The Time Will Come based on the drama by Romain Rolland. To tell the truth, she played the role of a young boy named David, the son of the main character.
Valentina studied acting at the Central College of Performing Arts (1933-1934). Teenagers who were under 16 couldn’t enter the college, so the girl corrected her birth year and December 23, 1919 became her official date of birth.
Pretty girl began her career at the Lenkom Theatre, where she worked from 1933 to 1941, 1943-1950, 1959-1964.
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Maria Leonova was born on August 6, 1974 in Moscow.
In 1997 she graduated from the Shchukin Theatre School. By the way, there Maria met her future husband. A handsome young man was very attractive to many girls. Maria wasn’t impressed, but Daniil fell in love with her at first sight.
After graduation from the Shchukin Theatre School Leonova and Strakhov joined the Gogol Theatre (1998-2002).
In 2001 Leonova made her debut in the movie Ordinary Days.
After living together for four years, Daniil and Maria got married. They didn’t have a luxury wedding as young actors didn’t have money for the celebration.
To tell the truth, Maria is better known as famous actor Daniil Strakhov’s wife. There were rumors that Daniil had a love affair with actress Elena Korikova. But the actor did not leave his wife and his marriage remained unbreakable.
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Daniil Strakhov is a Russian film and theater actor. By the way, he is the best known for his role of Vladimir Ivanovich Korf in the television series Poor Nastya and Captain Lisnevsky in Transit.
The boy was born on March 2, 1976 in Moscow. His father is a Russian poet, philologist, linguist (Alexander Strakhov lives in the U.S., in Boston) and his mother is a psychotherapist. The parents divorced when the boy was very young and he spent most of his childhood living with his grandparents.
Little Daniil was interested in cinema and theatre. So in 1993 he entered the Moscow Art Theater School. A year later he was transferred to the Shchukin Theatre School.
In 1996, as a student, Daniil debuted in the film. He appeared in the film The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui directed by Boris Blank. The film was based on the play by Bertolt Brecht. You know, the film was awarded at the film festival Window to Europe and received three Nika film awards.
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Dmitriy Dyuzhev is a Russian film and theater actor, film director.
The boy was born on July 9, 1978 in Astrakhan into the family of the local theater actor Peter Dyuzhev. In his childhood, Dmitriy, like many peers, wanted to become a policeman, a long-distance driver, or a sailor. The boy was fond of shipbuilding and even wanted to enter the naval school.
In 1999 Dmitriy graduated from the Russian University of Theatre Arts (GITIS) and joined the Moscow Theatre of the Young Spectator. There Dima played in popular productions including Mad Money, Twelfth Night and many others. The actor considers the role of the priest in the play Boris Godunov as the most successful work.
In 2000 Dmitriy made his debut in the film 24 Hours directed by Alexander Atanesyan. But the actor became famous after the role of Cosmos in the television series Brigade (2002) directed by Alexei Sidorov. Dyuzhev’s partners in the cult TV series were Sergei Bezrukov, Pavel Maikov and Vladimir Vdovichenkov.
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Dmitriy Nosov is one of the most popular sportsmen in Russia. He is a famous Russian judoka, Honored Master of Sports in Judo, Master of Sports in Sambo. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens he won a bronze medal in Judo. Now Dmitriy is a politician, deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation. By the way, he is a founder of the martial arts school and the All-Russian public movement against drug abuse and alcoholism AntiDiler (2015).
The boy was born on April 9, 1980 in a military town Chita-46, USSR. In 1987 his family moved to Leningrad and three years later to Moscow. Then, in 1991, Dmitriy entered legendary school Sambo-70, where the future Olympic medalist studied until 1997.
In 1996 Dmitriy received a serious injury and was not involved in the competitions. But from 1997 to 2006 he had won prizes and Championships in Russia, Europe and the World.
In 2003, Nosov graduated from the Russian State Academy of Physical Culture and Sport. From 2004 to 2006 he was a Vice-President of the nonprofit partnership MP Blackbird – Russian Children are educated and healthy.
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Yulia Samoylenko is a Russian film and theatre actress. In 2006 the girl graduated from the Russian University of Theatre Arts (GITIS). And in the same year she joined the Mayakovsky Theater.
Pretty girl was born on August 21, 1985.
In 2004 Samoylenko played the role of Gutiere in the TV series The Sea Devil, based on the novel The Amphibian Man by Alexander Belyaev. Also she starred in many films, including Silent Witness (2007), Chas Volkova (2007), Univer (TV series, 2008-2010), While Fern is Blooming (2012) and many others.
By the way, Yulia has played in many performances: Cupids in the Snow, Marriage, Karamazov, Dead Souls, The Adventures of Little Red Riding Hood (The Snow Queen), Frontier and others.
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